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Amos 8:4 KJV
Amos · chapter 8 · verse 4
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,Amos 8:4 · King James Version
Amos 8:4 in context
2And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- needyʼebyôwndestituteH34 →
- Hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- makeshâbathto reposeH7673 →
- poorʻânîydepressed, in mind or circumstancesH6041 →
- poorʻânâvdepressed , in mind or circumstancesH6035 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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God is here contending with proud oppressors, and showing them, I. The heinousness of the sin they were guilty of; in short, they had the character of the unjust judge (Luk 18:2) that neither feared God nor regarded man. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-10